• Pleb@feddit.de
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    5 months ago

    After it’s used it most certainly does.

    Firefighters nowadays change their gear after certain operations before they get back on their truck. Or at least they do here.

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      5 months ago

      Oh yeah, the carcinogens from a fire definitely are cancerous, and we’re always taught to put our dirty gear in trash compactor bags and wash it in a special machine back at the station.

      I meant all the coatings on the outer shell or inside the lining by our necks and wrists. That would get into the body through the thin skin there even when just walking around

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        5 months ago

        I just wanted to share my knowledge from TV to be honest.

        But at this point I expect pretty much everything we wear or use to be dangerous for us…